With an elder brother and an adopted younger brother who doesn't know it, Teru grows up in her father's bookstore. After she has graduated from girls school at the age of 17, her younger brother, Masahiro, suggests that she write about her observations in life. She begins to write poetry under the pen name of Misuzu Kaneko and her life as a poet begins making her famous. But what follows is a failed arranged marriage, Masahiro's broken heart, and a debilitating illness.
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Atsuro Watabe
Known for
Three... Extremes
Love Exposure
Hitomi Miyake
Also in
GTO
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Tetsuya Watari
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Graveyard of Honor
Miho Kanno
Known for
Dolls
Sakuran
Takako Matsu
Known for
Confessions
April Story
Hironobu Nomura
Known for
Retribution
Kyōko Kagawa
Known for
High and Low
Sansho the Bailiff
Ken Miyake
Also in
Donketsu
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Yoshiko Nakada
Known for
Lady Snowblood
Makoto Kiyohiro Director · Akemi Shimizu Writer
First release November 21, 2001
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · November 21, 2001
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